Back to the grind

Happy New Year. Welcome to another trip around the sun! Sunshine Cindy and I enjoyed the last few days. On Monday, New Year’s Eve, we kept it low key. We went to Friday’s for a few drinks before dinner. We had reservations at Osaka. This is Japanese Steakhouse that has hibachi grills. The Chef’s cook the food in front of you. It’s very good and a lot of fun. From there we headed to Sago for some drinks and watch some of the LSU/Clemson football game. We wanted to stay close to home with all the crazies out that night. Tommy was there as was a parrothead friend Bill. Julie and Susanne came and joined us. It was fun talking to folks around the bar. We went home about 11 and rang in the New Year from the safety of our home.

New Years day we wanted some breakfast. All the local spots were packed. We stopped in at the Back Porch for Bloody Mary’s. The weather was about 70 so when we left the top went down on BadAss. We went to the Waffle House for our breakfast fix. Some Alabama fans were in there doing their “Roll Tide” greeting to each other. I asked the waitress if I had to say that to leave. She got a good chuckle out of that. From there it was off to Hogs Breath for a few beers and watch some football. Hanna was working the bar. A decent crowd was around the bar including some bikers who were out enjoying the weather. We were home early and relaxed the rest of the night.

Wednesday I had to go back to work. Ugh! The evening was spent catching up on Crab Island Mambo stuff. We have some new things planned for this year. The Mullet Wrapper newsletter is getting some new features. It should be fun.

On Okaloosa Island, the old Island Gulf Center is getting approvals to get started on a Marine Center and an Adventure Zone that will include a zip line and some other activities around the putt-putt golf course. That will give the tourist with kids something to do on the island.

My public service announcement for today…Don’t have any Ghost Chili Powder sprinkled on your potato chips. We had some at Landshark where by mistake they put the Ghost Chili Powder on the homemade chips instead of salt. You could only eat one or two before you felt the burn! Wow that was hot!

(Sorry but no pictures today. There is a problem with the blog. Hopefully it will be fixed by Monday.)

Get out and enjoy the weekend. The football playoffs get started on Saturday. Get out and catch a game. See ya’ll Monday!